The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist Glossary

Liberated

Free from social conventions or traditional ideas

Backpedaling

Change a previously stated position on a subject

Euphoria

Intense excitement and happiness

Inevitable

Certain to happen

Equanimity

Calmness and composure

Receded

To retreat or diminish

Doomed

Likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome

Old Anarkali

Market in Lahore

Soho

District in Manhattan

Upper East Side

Area in Manhattan where Erica lives

Valparaiso

City in Chile

Tribeca

District in Manhattan

Manila

Capital of the Philippines

Contempt

Disdain

Santiago

Capital of Chile

Grapple

To struggle

Deterioration

Falling apart

Orchestrate

To organize

Havoc

Chaos

Consternation

Confusion, frustration

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